Oxford Graduate Application 2012/13

I agree, the Oxford application system is so much better than Cambridge's. Even the college I chose at the time of application got back to me very quickly. If it weren't because the Cambridge course is more suited to my career goals and interests, I would immediately take the Oxford offer and soon forget how painful the Cambridge application process is in comparison. I suspect Cambridge has lost some good students to Oxford and other top universities over the past years because of its irresponsiveness. It is hard to believe they have not realized this and tried to fix it by introducing earlier deadlines, cutting down the number of different offices applications have to go through, and requesting prompt action from the departments.

Has anyone who applied by the November deadline heard from the Medieval and Modern Languages Department (especially from the Mst in Women's Studies) ? I read that a few people got waitlisted last week but I haven't received a single email from them in the last month! I really dont know what to make of it, is this a good/bad sign?

Hi - I don't know very much about this year's WS applications, but I believe in previous years applicants were informed by snail mail? As the course has 3 gathered fields, it often happens that some candidates are put 'on hold' to be assessed with the next cohort.

You could I suppose ring or email Stephen Lay to find out? All the best with the application .

Hi, I'm new here, but it would seem that this is the place to get some unofficial news...

Did anyone else apply to the Structural Biology PhD program? The interviews were last week (on wednesday) and I'm going mad waiting for THE email! Has anyone heard from those guys yet? Do they usually send offers and rejections at the same time?

Thanks!

Hi, I'm new here, but it would seem that this is the place to get some unofficial news...

Did anyone else apply to the Structural Biology PhD program? The interviews were last week (on wednesday) and I'm going mad waiting for THE email! Has anyone heard from those guys yet? Do they usually send offers and rejections at the same time?

Thanks!

Hi, I'm new here, but it would seem that this is the place to get some unofficial news...

Did anyone else apply to the Structural Biology PhD program? The interviews were last week (on wednesday) and I'm going mad waiting for THE email! Has anyone heard from those guys yet? Do they usually send offers and rejections at the same time?

Thanks!

When can the January deadline people expect to hear whether or not they have an interview?

not all departments interview. Mine for example does not (thank god!)

not all departments interview. Mine for example does not (thank god!)

I also received an offer without being interviewed. It seems PhD candidates are more frequently interviewed, perhaps to test potential supervisor-student relationships, whereas many masters students are not interviewed. The masters programs for which there is an interview seem to be the most professionally oriented ones where academics alone are not sufficient to assess the fitness of the candidate and the admission committees look for more than applications that are brilliant on paper.

I also received an offer without being interviewed. It seems PhD candidates are more frequently interviewed, perhaps to test potential supervisor-student relationships, whereas many masters students are not interviewed. The masters programs for which there is an interview seem to be the most professionally oriented ones where academics alone are not sufficient to assess the fitness of the candidate and the admission committees look for more than applications that are brilliant on paper.

anyone heard back for DPhil Engineering Science yet ?

which deadline ? January ?? I think a lot of people(November deadline) heard from the department on 19th Jan, though no idea about January deadline.

the scholarships are all announced after everyone has applied, as all applicants will be considered together.